Synchronous motor



Jan. 17, 1933. J YOUHQUSIE I 1,894,455

SYNCHRONOUS MOTOR Filed May 9. 1930 CONDENSER,

20 SINGLE PHASE mum POM/E UECE, 26 gomoeuszra Z7 assume M W1 mm.

2; Fm i CONNECTlON 0F MOTOR WINDKNGS AND FONDENSEE.

ATTORNEY mama Jan. 1 19a:

UNlTED STATES PATENT OFFICE JOSEPH YOUHOUBE, O1 FAIBFIELD, CONNECTICUT, ASSIGNOB TO COLUMBIA. MONO-1.-

- GBAPH COMPANY, INC 01' BRIDGEFORT, CONNECTICUT, A CORPORATION OB mrw YURI.

BYNGHRONOUS MOTOR Application filed 9, 1930. Serial No. 450,997.

This invention relates to new and useful rovements in electric motors.

object of the invention is to provide a synchronous motor which is self-starting and which will, in proportion to its size, develop considerable more power than is usual in such motors. 1

Another object is to provide a synchronous motor including in its field, with the regular field winding, a condenser winding, both of said windings being fed from a single phase power source,-and the condenser winding operating with the regular winding while the motor is running.

A further object is to provide an improved rotor iorelectric motors.

An additional object is provide a motor having improved field windings and an improved rotor, the parts being so proportioned and assembled as to give the desired results.

Other objects and advantages will become apparent from a consideration of the following detailed description taken in connection with the accompanying drawing showing one embodiment of the invention. However, it will be understoodthat the invention is not limited to the details disclosed, but resides in the construction, combination and arrangement of parts and is limited only by the scope of the claims to which reference must be had for a definition of the limitations of the invention."

In the drawing:

Figure 1 is a diagrammatic view, of the motor circuit;

Fig. 2 is an elevational view of the stator upon which the field windings'are carried, the windings being indicated;

Fig. 3 is a side View partly in section and partly in elevation showing the assembled motor;

Fig. 4 is a sectional view of the rotor taken along the line 4-4 of Fig. 5; and Fig. 5 is an end elevational view of the rotor. Referring in detail to the drawing at is shown a mounting or supportin member for the motor, the mounting mem r 10ineluding a bearing portion 11 equipped} with. I t

a suitable liner 12 and through which on tends a shaft 13 to which the rotor 14 is secured. At 15 is shown the stator of the motor the same being preferably of laminated construction the laminations being secured together as by means of screws 16.

Stator 15 is open through its center and as probably best shown in Fig. 2 has a number of grooves 17 communicating with the open center of and running the length of' the stator. Wound back and forth throu h these grooves is the field winding 18, t e position of the windings'of this regular field being indicated by heavy broken line. Also, wound back and forth through the grooves l? is the condenser coil 19, the some being indicated by relatively light solid line.

The turn ratio of the condenser winding relative to the regular windin 18 is such that in operating the motor with a proper sized condenser 20 in the circuit of the condenser winding, the current in the condenser winding, is 90 electrical degrees out of phase with the regular windin 18 of the motor. Fig. 1 shows the wiring iagram, the motor being connected with a single phase source of power and current being carried to the 1210- I tor through a line 21 to a contact 22 to which one end of the condenser winding 19 is connected, the line or wire from the other terminal of the condenser windin being designated 23 and connected with t e condenser. A line 24 completes the circuit from the condenser tothe other side 25 of the main circuit.

By a connection 26 and a contact 27 one end of the regular windin 18 is included in the circuit the other on of the winding being connected with the return wire 25 as at 28. From the diagram it will be appar-'' cut that both of the windings 1S and 19 are operating windings and that the condenser winding 19 is constantly energized and emplo ed during the time the motor'is running.

'l he rotor 14 is also preferably laminated" the laminations being secured together as bi means of rods 29 passing lengthwise throu the rotor. A bearing sleeve 30 \within t c rotor is adapted to be disposed over a; portion of. the, shaft 13 to mount the rotor on n v the shaft. As-disclosed the rotor has four pole ieces, the rotor being cut away at four equa y spaced points, the cuts being substantially circular as indicated at 31. It has been ascertained that the gap or mouth opening 32 between the pole pieces is a more or less critical point and that the gap must be properly pro ortioned relative to the remainder of t e motor to prevent slipping under load., I have found that by cutting back or inclining the pole pieces atthe edges. of the gap 32, as at 33, the device is rendered less critical and less rone to slip.

It will, of course, e understood that the invention is not limited to a four pole piece motor. The windings 18 and 19 are such that the north pole magnets in the stator as created by the windings are directly opposite to each other and that the south pole,

magnets are also directly opposite each other. Further, the magnetic poles created by the condenser coil 19 are disposed, ap-

proximately at an angle of 90 to the magnetic poles created by the regular winding 18.

The magnetic poles of one winding as for example of the condenser winding will be at zero when the magnetic poles of the regular winding are at their maximum stren h.

This is on the first half of the wave an on the second half the other set of magnetic poles, that is, those of the condenser winding will be at their maximum when the magnetic %ples of the regular winding are at zero. herefore, the pull is constantly shiftin resulting in even movement of the rotor.

he invention provides a single phase mo tor having two 0 rating windings one of which is so pllace proportioned and used that it gives t e motor the operating characteristics of a two phase motor. The second windin that is, the winding 19 is energized from t e condenser and the current in this condenser winding is 90 electrical degrees out of base with the regular winding 18.

t has been ascertained that in operation the present motor has a higher power factor, higher efiiciency, does not create radio disturbance, and weighs less than present single phase motors o proportionately the same power. The rotor 14 is so shaped that an extremely irre ar magnetic flux path results between t e o posite pole points of the stator. Further, tus design and shape of rotor enables the same to quickly attain synchronous speed and to carry a high proportionate load at such speed.

Additionally the motor of the present invention while synchronous is self-starting and the two-windings 18 and 19 are in use during the entire time the motor is running. From this it will be seenthat I have provided a sin le phase self-starting synchronous motor. xperiments have shown that the motor has a great deal of additional power due to the condenser winding being an operating conducting winding and it has further been ascertained that the omission of the condenser has such an effect that the motor will not reach synchro-- nous speed.

longitudinal edges of said slots inclmin in opposite directions, said openin s and s ots dividin said body into a lura 'ty of pole pieces 0% which one is locat between each set of openings and slots, and at least three conductor members carried by and movable with each of said pole pieces.

2. In a rotor, a body of magnetic mater al, said body having openings t erethrou h m parallel relation with the axis of the 0d slots through the outer surface of said b p y and entering said openin the portions 9f said bod at the longitu inal edges of sa d slots inc ining in opposite directions, said openings and slots dividin said body into a plurality of pole pieces 0 which one is located between each pair of openings and slots at least'three conducting members in each 0 said pole pieces in parallel relation with the axis of said body, said conductin members in each pole piece equally space from the other conductlng members in sand pole piece, and said slots of such width that the conducting members in each pole piece are closer to one another than they are to the conducting members in the next adjacent polepiece.

3. In a motor, a rotor comprising a body of magnetic material divided by openings and slots into a plurality of pole pieces, at least three conductors carried by each of said pole ieces, a stator having the same number of po e pieces as the rotor, a pair of windings on said stator, and acondenser in the circuit of one of said windings whereby the currents in said windings are ofi-set in timed relation.

4. In a motor, a rotor comprising a body of ma etic material, said body havmg openings t erethrough in the axis of the body, s ots through the outer "surface of said body and entering said openin s, the portions of the body at the longitu inal edges of said slots inclming outwardly in opposite directions, said openings and s ots dividing said body into a plum 'ty of arallel relation with pole pieces of which one is located between each pair of openings and slots, at least three members in each of said pole pieces, sai conductin membersin each ole piece equally spaced from the other con ucting. members in said pole piece, said slots of such width that the conducting members in each pole piece are closer to one another than they are tothe conducting members in the next adiacgnt pole piece, a stator within which said rotor is mounted, said shtor having the same number of pole ieoes as the rotor, a pair of windings on sai stator and 5 a condenser. in one of said w ereby the currents in said wiiflings are slighfiy mfset in relation.

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